Solid water-in-oil cosmetic emulsion

• US 20060013792A1
• Filed: 07/18/2005
• Published: 01/19/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 07/16/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: L'Oreal SA
• Original Assignee: L'Oreal SA
• Inventors: Themens, Agnes, Fontaine, Jacqueline
• Application Number:
  US11/182,801
• Publication Number:
  US 20060013792A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 424/70.120
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/37 Esters of carboxylic acids
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/922 of vegetable origin
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 1/02 Preparations containing skin colorants, e.g. pigments preparations in powder form A61Q1/12

Abstract

Disclosed is a solid water-in-oil emulsion comprising an aqueous phase emulsified with at least one emulsifying surfactant in a fatty phase comprising at least one ester oil and at least one wax, wherein the at least one ester oil is present in an amount greater than the at least one wax and wherein the emulsion has, after at least one month at 37° C., a hardness wherein the penetration force is greater than or equal to 45 g. Also disclosed is a non-therapeutic cosmetic process for making up or caring for the skin, comprising the application to the skin of a composition comprising said emulsion.

Claims

1. A solid water-in-oil emulsion comprising an aqueous phase emulsified with at least one emulsifying surfactant in a fatty phase comprising at least one ester oil and at least one wax, wherein the at least one ester oil is present in an amount greater than the at least one wax, wherein the emulsion has, after at least one month at 37°

C., a hardness wherein the penetration force is greater than or equal to 45 g.

3. An emulsion according to claim 1, comprising at least one compound chosen from

at least two polyols,

at least one pasty fatty substance, and

at least one hydrophobic coated pulverulent material in an amount of less than or equal to 20% by weight, relative to the total weight of the composition.

4. An emulsion according to claim 1, wherein the hardness ranges from 70 g to 130 g.

5. An emulsion according to claim 1, wherein the at least one ester oil is a monoester.

6. An emulsion according to claim 1, wherein the at least one ester oil is a monoester of formula R₁COOR₂

wherein:

R₁ is chosen from linear and branched hydrocarbon-based chains comprising from 4 to 40 carbon atoms, and

R₂ is chosen from branched hydrocarbon-based chains comprising from 3 to 40 carbon atoms.

7. An emulsion according to claim 6, wherein R₁ is chosen from linear and branched hydrocarbon-based chains comprising from 7 to 20 carbon atoms.

8. An emulsion according to claim 6, wherein R₂ is chosen from branched hydrocarbon-based chains comprising from 16 to 26 carbon atoms.

9. An emulsion according to claim 1, wherein the at least one ester oil is chosen from isodecyl neopentanoate, isocetyl octanoate, isononyl isononanoate, isodecyl isononanoate, tridecyl isononanoate, hexyl laurate, 2-hexyldecyl laurate, isopropyl myristate, isocetyl myristate, isotridecyl myristate, 2-octyldodecyl myristate, isopropyl palmitate, 2-ethylhexyl palmitate, isooctyl palmitate, isocetyl palmitate, isodecyl palmitate, isostearyl palmitate, 2-octyldecyl palmitate, isopropyl isostearate, 2-octyldodecyl stearate, isostearyl isostearate and 2-octyldodecyl erucate.

10. An emulsion according to claim 1, wherein the at least one ester oil is present in an amount ranging from 5% to 20% by weight, relative to the total weight of the composition.

11. An emulsion according to claim 10, wherein the at least one ester oil is present in an amount ranging from 8% to 12% by weight, relative to the total weight of the composition.

12. An emulsion according to claim 1, wherein the at least one wax has a hardness ranging from 5 MPa to 9 MPa.

13. An emulsion according to claim 1, wherein the at least one wax has a hardness ranging from 7 MPa to 9 MPa.

14. An emulsion according to claim 1, wherein the at least one wax is chosen from carnauba wax, microcrystalline waxes, ozokerites, hydrogenated jojoba oil, polyethylene waxes, poly(C₂₄-C₂₈)alkyl methyl dimethyl siloxane waxes, palm butter, C₂₀-C₄₀ alkyl stearate, stearyl benzoate and shellac wax, and mixtures thereof.

15. An emulsion according to claim 1, wherein the at least one wax is chosen from carnauba wax, ozokerites, hydrogenated jojoba oil and polyethylene waxes.

16. An emulsion according to claim 1, wherein the at least one wax is chosen from candelilla wax and ozokerite, and mixtures thereof.

17. An emulsion according to claim 1, wherein the at least one wax is present in an amount ranging from 1% to 10% by weight, relative to the total weight of the composition.

18. An emulsion according to claim 17, wherein the at least one wax is present in an amount ranging from 2% to 5% by weight, relative to the total weight of the composition.

19. An emulsion according to claim 1, wherein the at least one emulsifying surfactant is chosen from fatty acid esters of polyols;

alkyl or alkoxy dimethicone copolyols comprising an alkyl or alkoxy chain that is pendent or at the end of the silicone skeleton;

polyoxyalkylenated fatty acid esters of glycol;

polyhydroxylated silicones;

emulsifying silicone elastomers, and mixtures thereof.

20. An emulsion according to claim 19, wherein the fatty acid esters of polyols are chosen from glyceryl or sorbitol mono-, di-, tri- or sesqui-oleates or -stearates, and glyceryl or polyethylene glycol laureates.

21. An emulsion according to claim 19, wherein the polyhydroxylated silicones are chosen from polyglycerolated silicones.

22. An emulsion according to claim 19, wherein the alkyl dimethicone copolyols are chosen from:

wherein;

PE is (—

C₂H₄O)_x—

(C₃H₆O)_y—

R,

wherein;

R is chosen from a hydrogen atom and alkyl radicals comprising from 1 to 4 carbon atoms,

x is a number ranging from 0 to 100, and

y is a number ranging from 0 to 80, wherein x and y are not simultaneously equal to 0,

m is a number ranging from 1 to 40,

n is a number ranging from 10 to 200,

o is a number ranging from 1 to 100,

p is a number ranging from 7 to 21, and

q is a number ranging from 0 to 4.

23. An emulsion according to claim 1, wherein the at least one emulsifying surfactant is present in an amount ranging from 1% to 10% by weight, relative to the total weight of the composition.

24. An emulsion according to claim 23, wherein the at least one emulsifying surfactant is present in an amount ranging from 2% to 5% by weight, relative to the total weight of the composition.

25. An emulsion according to claim 1, wherein the fatty phase comprises at least one volatile silicone oil.

26. An emulsion according to claim 25, wherein the at least one volatile silicone oil is chosen from octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane, decamethylcyclopentasiloxane, dodecamethylcyclohexasiloxane, heptamethylhexyltrisiloxane, heptamethyloctyltrisiloxane, hexamethyldisiloxane, octamethyltrisiloxane, decamethyltetrasiloxane and dodecamethylpentasiloxane, and mixtures thereof.

27. An emulsion according to claim 25, wherein the at least one volatile silicone oil is present in an amount ranging from 5% to 40% by weight, relative to the total weight of the composition.

28. An emulsion according to claim 25, wherein the at least one volatile silicone oil is present in an amount ranging from 15% to 30% by weight, relative to the total weight of the composition.

29. An emulsion according to claim 25, wherein the water and the at least one volatile silicone oil are present in a total amount of less than or equal to 50% by weight, relative to the total weight of the composition.

30. An emulsion according to claim 29, wherein the water and the at least one volatile silicone oil are present in a total amount ranging from 40% to 50% by weight, relative to the total weight of the composition.

31. An emulsion according to claim 1, comprising at least one additional oil other than the at least one ester oil and at least one volatile silicone oil.

32. An emulsion according to claim 31, wherein the at least one additional oil is chosen from volatile or non-volatile hydrocarbon-based oils and fluoro oils.

33. An emulsion according to claim 31, wherein the at least one additional oil is present in an amount ranging from 0.1% to 10% by weight, relative to the total weight of the composition.

34. An emulsion according to claim 33, wherein the at least one additional oil is present in an amount ranging from 0.1% to 5% by weight, relative to the total weight of the composition.

35. An emulsion according to claim 1, wherein the water is present in an amount ranging from 10% to 40% by weight, relative to the total weight of the composition.

36. An emulsion according to claim 1, wherein the water is present in an amount ranging from 15% to 25% by weight, relative to the total weight of the composition.

37. An emulsion according to claim 1, comprising at least one water-miscible solvent chosen from monoalcohols comprising from 2 to 6 carbon atoms, polyols comprising from 2 to 20 carbon atoms and glycol ethers comprising from 3 to 16 carbon atoms, and mixtures thereof.

38. An emulsion according to claim 37, wherein the at least one water-miscible solvent is chosen from glycerol, propylene glycol, butylene glycol, pentylene glycol, hexylene glycol, dipropylene glycol, diethylene glycol, mono-, di- or tripropylene glycol (C₁-C₄)alkyl ethers, mono-, di- or triethylene glycol (C₁-C₄)alkyl ethers, ethanol and isopropanol, and mixtures thereof.

39. An emulsion according to claim 37, wherein the at least one water-miscible organic solvent is present in an amount ranging from 1% to 20% by weight, relative to the total weight of the composition.

40. An emulsion according to claim 39, wherein the at least one water-miscible organic solvent is present in an amount ranging from 3% to 15% by weight, relative to the total weight of the composition.

41. An emulsion according to claim 3, comprising at least one water-miscible polyol having 3 carbon atoms and at least one water-miscible polyol having more than 3 carbon atoms.

42. An emulsion according to claim 41, wherein the at least one water-miscible polyol having more than 3 carbon atoms comprises from 4 to 6 carbon atoms.

43. An emusion according to claim 41, wherein the at least one water-miscible polyol having more than 3 carbon atoms is chosen from butylene glycol, pentylene glycol, hexylene glycol, dipropylene glycol, diethylene glycol, and mixtures thereof.

44. An emulsion according to claim 3, wherein the at least one pasty fatty substance is chosen from a block copolymer of ethylene oxide and/or propylene oxide and of an alkylene oxide comprising from 6 to 40 carbon atoms, the copolymer having a weight-average molecular weight ranging from 5000 to 8000.

45. An emulsion according to claim 1, comprising at least one filler.

46. An emulsion according claim 45, wherein the filler is chosen from talc, mica, silica, kaolin, polyamide powders, poly-β

-alanine powders, polyethylene powders, tetrafluoroethylene polymer powders, lauroyllysine, starch, boron nitride, hollow microspheres of polyvinylidene chloride/acrylonitrile, hollow microspheres of acrylic acid copolymers, silicone resin microbeads, polyorganosiloxane elastomer particles, precipitated calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate and magnesium hydrocarbonate, hydroxyapatite, hollow silica microspheres, glass or ceramic microcapsules, and metal soaps derived from organic carboxylic acids comprising from 8 to 22 carbon atoms.

47. An emulsion according to claim 45, wherein the fillers are present in an amount ranging from 0.1% to 25% by weight, relative to the total weight of the composition.

48. An emulsion according to claim 47, wherein the fillers are present in an amount ranging from 5% to 15% by weight, relative to the total weight of the composition.

49. An emulsion according to claim 1, comprising polymethyl methacrylate particles.

50. An emulsion according to claim 49, wherein the polymethyl methacrylate particles are present in an amount ranging from 0.5% to 10% by weight, relative to the total weight of the composition.

51. An emulsion according to claim 50, wherein the polymethyl methacrylate particles are present in an amount ranging from 0.5% to 5% by weight, relative to the total weight of the composition.

52. An emulsion according to claim 1, comprising at least one colorant.

53. An emulsion according to claim 3, wherein the at least one hydrophobic coated pulverulent material is chosen from pulverulent fillers and colorants.

54. An emulsion according to claim 3, wherein the at least one hydrophobic coated pulverulent material is coated with a hydrophobic agent chosen from silicones, fatty acids, metal soaps, perfluoroalkyl phosphates, perfluoroalkyl silanes, perfluoroalkyl silazanes, polyhexafluoropropylene oxides, pqlyorganosiloxanes comprising perfluoroalkyl perfluoropolyether groups, amino acids, N-acylamino acids or salts thereof, lecithin and isopropyl triisostearyl titanate, and mixtures thereof.

55. An emulsion according to claim 1, comprising at least one cosmetic ingredient chosen from hydrophilic or lipophilic gelling agents and/or thickeners, antioxidants, fragrances, preserving agents, neutralizers, sunscreens, vitamins, moisturizers, self-tanning compounds, anti-wrinkle active agents, emollients, hydrophilic or lipophilic active agents, free-radical scavengers, sequestering agents and film-forming agents, and mixtures thereof.

2. A solid water-in-oil emulsion comprising an aqueous phase emulsified with an emulsifying surfactant in a fatty phase comprising an ester oil and a wax and at least one compound chosen from

at least two polyols,

at least one pasty fatty substance, and

at least one hydrophobic coated pulverulent material in an amount of less than or equal to 20% by weight, relative to the total weight of the composition,

wherein the emulsion has, after at least one month at 37°

C., a hardness wherein the penetration force is greater than or equal to 45 g.

56. A composition comprising a solid water-in-oil emulsion comprising an aqueous phase emulsified with at least one emulsifying surfactant in a fatty phase comprising at least one ester oil and at least one wax, wherein the at least one ester oil is present in an amount greater than the at least one wax and wherein the emulsion has, after at least one month at 37°

C., a hardness wherein the penetration force is greater than or equal to 45 g.

57. A composition according to claim 56 wherein the composition is a foundation, an eyeshadow, a makeup rouge, a concealer product, a body makeup product, a lipstick, a skincare base, a care cream;

a lipcare composition;

an anti-sun composition, a self-tanning composition;

a deodorant.

58. A foundation comprising a composition comprising a solid water-in-oil emulsion comprising an aqueous phase emulsified with at least one emulsifying surfactant in a fatty phase comprising at least one ester oil and at least one wax, wherein the at least one ester oil is present in an amount greater than the at least one wax and wherein the emulsion has, after at least one month at 37°

C., a hardness wherein the penetration force is greater than or equal to 45 g.

59. Non-therapeutic cosmetic process for making up or caring for the skin, comprising the application to the skin of a composition comprising a solid water-in-oil emulsion comprising an aqueous phase emulsified with at least one emulsifying surfactant in a fatty phase comprising at least one ester oil and at least one wax, wherein the at least one ester oil is present in an amount greater than the at least one wax and wherein the emulsion has, after at least one month at 37°

C., a hardness wherein the penetration force is greater than or equal to 45 g.